Dr. J. Butz Musikverlag

Following the world's first organ transcription of the famous musical fairy tale by Heinrich E. Grimm (BUTZ1851), here is a four-hand version, made by the same arranger from the original orchestral sc...

Four become one? What initially sounds like an impossible task (especially as the string ensemble still has to be counted as "five") turns out to be a stroke of luck for the organ literature in the ca...

William Boyce is one of the most important composers of the English late Baroque period. The London artist, who was awarded the title of "Master of the King's Music", left behind an extensive catalog...

Come, ye daughters, help me lament, "Have mercy", "We sit down with tears", these and many other poignant movements from Bach's most famous passions have captivated musicians and listeners alike for o...

You have to come up with this idea first: To add a fully developed piano part to the original of Bach's famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor, which significantly enhances the already powerful sound of...

The German-Italian composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari is still firmly anchored in the concert business today, especially through his opera, chamber music and song works. The fact that the Rheinberger pupil...

He's done it again: after the deliciously tongue-in-cheek "My Beethoven" (BU 2150), Andreas Willscher, known among other things for his numerous excursions into the world of musical humor, now really...

Attention! This volume does not contain simplified "made playable" versions of the top ten (or top twelve) hits of the Romantic toccata and finale literature. Rather, these are sensibly shortened arra...

Following the overwhelming success of the volume "Intrada" with works especially for the festive beginning of the church service (BUTZ2910), the counterpart appears here in response to many requests:...

The organ is considered an ideal instrument for the interpretation of dances of all kinds, if only because of the different sound levels and colors available to it. The present volume contains careful...

After the successful first two volumes of French solo songs (BU 3098, 3128), a third volume with eleven more romantic solo songs from France is now being published. Names such as Gounod, Saint-Saëns a...

For a long time, George Rathbone's works, which are hardly known in this country, were considered an insider tip. However, among those who have already heard or performed his expressive, often rousing...

The "Præludium (Basso ostinato) and Double Fugue to the Chorale" is the only major organ composition by the virtuoso Ferrucio Busoni. The prelude is in the form of a passacaglia; the four-part fugue i...

Festiva - this addition to the title of a composition gives rise to expectations of the extraordinary. When the work is written by one of the most frequently performed English church music composers i...

The latest composition by the former Brixen cathedral conductor Heinrich Walder excellently expresses the reverently astonished greeting to Mary with its almost floating, swinging sound. Since the bea...

The latest composition by the former Brixen cathedral conductor Heinrich Walder excellently expresses the reverently astonished greeting to Mary with its almost floating, swinging sound. Since the bea...

The circle of students of the French masters Guilmant and Widor certainly suggests some musical characteristics: high conciseness, mastery of form, noble melody, indulgent harmony and, despite all thi...

In response to the great demand for solo songs from the French Romantic period, a follow-up volume has been published just one year after volume 1 (BU 3098) with ten further works from the pens of bot...

Kaum ein Gebet erfreut sich einer so großen Beliebtheit wie der Gruß des Engels an die Gottesmutter, und ebenso haben die Vertonungen dieses Textes seit jeher die Komponisten und Zuhörer besonders bew...

The latest composition by the former Brixen cathedral conductor Heinrich Walder excellently expresses the reverently astonished greeting to Mary with its almost floating, swinging sound. Since the bea...

Lambert Kleesattel's new mass composition for two-part upper voice choir also combines clear, easy-to-sing lines with a touching sound design for which the composer is known and loved. Isolated solo s...

Continuing our popular series of English-romantic motets in bilingual single editions, another festive hymn from the pen of Percy Fletcher is published. In the ABA' form, a joyful, festive praise fram...

Alongside "Jerusalem" (SATB version BUTZ2993), the song "Dear Lord and Father of mankind" (also known with the text "Long since in Egypt's plenteous Land") is one of the most beautiful melodies by the...

When English composers of the Romantic period write motets on texts of praise and thanksgiving, we can look forward to hymn-like music that is also inspiring in this country. This is also the case in...